Authoritarians conceal prejudice both from others and from themselves.

Evidence

High RWAs may sometimes “know better” than the answers they give us. But they may not tell the truth when personally identifiable because they do not want to admit it to others. And they also may not tell the truth, even when answering anonymously, because they do not want to admit it to them- No one can say what someone else realizes and does not realize. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1783

Categorization

• XREF: Self-deception mechanism layered on top of social-desirability bias — worth connecting to vault claims about what survey-based prejudice measures actually capture.